Chapter 49: Adoration

Tucker Heyland's fingers shook as he fumbled out a cigarette and lit it. The first drag sent him into a coughing fit so violent he spat blood. He didn't even bother wiping it away. "I'm with the Balam family from the provincial capital. Their strength is more than enough to erase you." The Balam family? Kevin Letherdale had never heard of them. Even Ezekiel Scull hadn't mentioned anything like that. Joanne Linge, however, froze. "You mean the Balam family? The one people call the number-one family...